FIRST Fundraiser: Selling LED "Lightbulbs"

[Mike AA]

I agree with those saying the $25 LED is worth the money comparing lumens to watts. I am currently sitting under 4 LED flood bulbs from Lights of america which were said to be 45watt equivalent and 1 20watt equivalent. Here at my keyboard I can easily see all the keys and anything I write and have on my desk or under the monitor shelf, these are putting out nearly the same light as my 65 watt equivalent CFLs. I have CFLs in every other light fixture in my house but slowly changing them as I get a few spare bucks.

We at Menards just started carrying some Toshiba LED bulbs with a rating of 350 lumens? for about $17, and contain no mercury, these look just like a regular light bulb except they have a heatsink at the base, there are even replacements for those pesky 50 watt halogen track lights available. I am beginning to wonder if the LEDs are being rated/measured the same as CFLs or incandescents, if you look at the area the bulb we have on display lights up it seems more like a 60watt equivalent, but this may be due to the whiter color compared to the softer incandescent.

By the way, the incandescents will be slowly phased out. Already we have seen the 75 watt indoor R-30 flood converted to 65 watt, the 75 and 150 watt outdoor flood converted to halogen only, mercury vapor bulbs were phased out recently and many companies have stopped making incandescent <EDIT> Phillips makes a bulb that is 30% more efficent called the Halogena Energy Saver</edit> Ever so slowly we will see the lumens per wall increase with LED technology getting more efficient.

little food for thought here